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Commissioner Gordon asked what houses would be getting service. Barry Jacobs said it would address those lots which have failing systems and which also would be considered developable lots. Commissioner Halkiotis suggested that Board members walk this area to see the problems that exist in this area. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Carey to receive this report and approve the Administration's recommendation as stated below: 1) Address inconsistencies in County ordinances and policies as related to public water and sewer extensions; 2) Determine what triggers the necessity of public water and sewer service to areas outside of Transition Areas; 3) Reaffirm that only Orange County Environmental Health is empowered by the Board of Commissioners to determine what triggers the necessity of public water and sewer to areas outside of Transition Areas; and 4) Reaffirm empowerment of Environmental Health as described in 3) above to the Water and Sewer Service Area Task Force, OWASA, and other jurisdictions. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Commissioner Gordon asked that items 2, 3 and 4 listed above be spelled out in detail. b. Work Session -- Employee Compensation Items This item was deferred from the Oct. 30 work session, which was devoted to solid waste issues. The board discussed employee compensation issues and considered providing direction to staff as appropriate. Personnel Director Elaine Holmes explained the information in the agenda. With reference to Career Growth Recognition Awards, Commissioner Gordon said she would like to take this amount of money and use it to reward high performance as opposed to career growth recognition awards. She would like this money to be used to encourage high performance. She would also like to see what might be done about employees who perform at a relatively low level. Commissioner Carey expressed concern with dealing with compression of salaries. He would not like for one group of employees to be treated differently from another group. John Link explained that compression could be handled by moving employees, who are performing at a high level, up faster on the salary scale from the first step to middle of the range and moving them up slower on the salary range after they reach the middle point or a designated point in the range. It would take higher levels of performance to move up from there forward. Commissioner Carey feels it is an equity issue when a new person progresses faster because they are on the lower end than a person on the higher end who performs at a higher performance level who does not receive an equal increase. Chair Crowther feels that those performing at high levels should be rewarded and the reminder of the money could be used to address compression. He does not understand rewarding employees for just doing their job. Commissioner Brown said that she is interested in pursing the Living Wage Ordinance. She would like to talk about the technology positions and maybe outsourcing some of the positions that we may only need for three or four years. She wonders if some jobs can be handled with contracted positions. She asked for additional information on outsourcing. There was a consensus of the Board to not allocate any additional money for the pay plan.